Q&A: Disney Executive Tells of ‘Frozen’ Success in Japan

By

Jun Hongo

Apr 17, 2014 4:08 pm HKT

Since opening on March 14, “Frozen” has taken over “Finding Nemo” as the fastest Walt Disney Co. animation movie in Japan to draw seven million viewers. The musical-fantasy film is soon likely to surpass 10 billion yen (about $100 million) in gross receipts in Japan, a feat achieved domestically only by Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Wind Rises” in the past year.